For hardware stores, building-supply and tool shops
A hardware store has thousands of products and half its money stuck in the ones that do not move.
Hardware Store
Spotted by the Shadows
Quotes that never close
01 / 057:00
While the counter is being served, Adren already has ready every quote the contractor left the night before.
[voice note] I need rebar, cement and half-inch pipe
Quote built from your stock. The pipe has a substitute.
Can you deliver tomorrow?
Delivery set. Your salesperson checks the substitute.
02 / 0510:00
A photo or a voice note arrives; Adren builds the quote from your stock with possible substitutes and your salesperson validates before it goes out.
Alert
Bulk screws do not match the scale
More left than was recorded
Review the count
03 / 0513:00
What leaves by the kilo or by the handful is crossed with receipts so the fastener inventory adds up.
Today's list
04 / 0517:00
Adren shows who owes, since when and how much, and leaves the reminders ready; credit is never extended on its own.
Waiting for your approval
Supplier order: cement, rebar and cable
Your fastest movers are running low
05 / 0519:30
It classifies your products by turnover and proposes the reorder; what does not move is offered to contractors who can use it, with your approval.
Hardware Store
The contractor sends a job list with ambiguous names and the quote takes time; contractor credit goes uncollected; loose fasteners are sold with nobody knowing how much left, and quotes that do not close go cold at the counter.
Thousands of products gather dust while others sell out. The Shadows read stock and sales and list what has not left in months, with the money it holds.
Tabs and job credit pile up with no clear collection date. The Shadows read the receivables and show who owes, since when and how much.
Screws, nails and washers are sold by the kilo or the handful and the inventory never matches. The Shadows compare receipts against sales to locate the gap.
The contractor asks for a price, the answer is slow and he buys elsewhere. The Shadows count the quotes that were made and not closed.
What Adren does
What we usually build first for a business like yours:
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It receives the contractor's list by photo or voice, builds a quote from your stock with possible substitutes, holds the items and schedules delivery; your salesperson validates substitutions, availability and the total before it goes out.
[voice note] I need rebar, cement and half-inch pipe
Quote built from your stock. The pipe has a substitute.
Can you deliver tomorrow?
Delivery set. Your salesperson checks the substitute.
Today's list
It follows up on the receivables with payment reminders; credit is never extended on its own, that is your decision.
Today's list
With your approval
It classifies your products by turnover and proposes the order to suppliers, including by electronic exchange if you have it; you authorize the purchase.
Waiting for your approval
Supplier order: cement, rebar and cable
Your fastest movers are running low
Alert
It tracks what leaves in bulk using the scale or camera, so the inventory adds up.
Alert
Bulk screws do not match the scale
More left than was recorded
Review the count
With your approval
It builds offers from what does not move and offers them to contractors who can use it; you approve price and terms.
Waiting for your approval
Offer idle hardware to contractors
It has not moved in months
Ask Adren
Type the question the way you'd ask your manager. Adren answers with what it saw in your operation and what it proposes; the decision is yours.
YouWhich job-site customers owe me, and since when?
Some job accounts have overdue balances with no movement for a while. I sorted them by age and propose a reminder for each; credit is not touched without you.
How it works
The Shadows read your point of sale, receivables and stock without changing anything, the Company Brief shows where money is stuck, and agents act with your approval, backed by Monthly Care.
Read your operation, read-only. They change nothing.
The map of your business and where the money goes.
Act with your approval. You decide what turns on.
We measure, adjust and look after it every month.
With what you already use
Shadows, read-only
Read the way you keep it today.
You approve every action.
Contactless
Your contractors and your neighbors, with their card on the phone.
NFC passes in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, on iOS and Android. No app to install. We set it up for your business.
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Made to measure
The Company Brief starts from how you sell, collect and restock. A counter-service hardware store with a simple system and a notebook of credit sales does not get the same setup as a distributor with several branches, a distribution center and project sales to companies.
Packages
All three are made to measure. They differ by size and complexity, not by a fixed list of features.
1 business
One business · your ERP and systems included
For one hardware store, we would usually start with the job list and follow-up on contractor credit.
Several locations
Several locations or more complex processes
For several branches, ABC replenishment with EDI and transfers between stores are added.
The whole operation
The complete operating system
For a chain or distributor, the complete system with project sales to companies and a distribution center.
What we measure
Measured from your own baseline. It is not a promised result.
Adren asks for clarification before going on. If a dimension or a unit is missing, that line stops, and safety materials or technical specifications are never swapped just because the names look alike.
Your salesperson or your manager. A quote only goes out after someone validates substitutes, stock and total, and contractor credit is not extended automatically.
No. Adren works with the system or spreadsheet where you already keep stock, prices and receivables.
See Adren working in your business
For hardware stores, building-supply and tool shops